What to see and do around Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole
The places we love, sorted by mood. Every time shown is a driving time from the flat.
51 places
Gastronomy 10 places
🍷 GastronomyTruffle House
Located in the old 17th-century Saint-Jacques Hospice in Aups, the Maison de la Truffe offers an interactive and immersive journey to discover everything about truffles: their history, cultivation, flavors, and secrets.
52 km · about 60 min by car
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🍷 GastronomyPartégal Olive Grove
Known as one of the most beautiful in the department, the royal olive grove of Partégal (or des Laures) stretches over 20,450 m² and has more than 300 olive trees, some nearly 600 years old, dating back to the time of Henry IV. Classified as a Sensitive Natural Area, it is maintained by the town to preserve this exceptional heritage. You can visit on your own.
32 km · about 30 min by car
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🍷 GastronomyThe Gold of Loube Apiary
The l’Or de la Loube apiary produces exclusively Var region honeys, sold locally and with an eco-friendly approach, from small apiaries that respect biodiversity. Each honey (lavender, sainfoin, thyme, rosemary, garrigue, wildflowers, summer honey, etc.) is tied to a specific terroir and reflects the flavors and landscapes visited by the bees. Open from 06/01 to 12/20 every day. By appointment.
18 km · about 20 min by car
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🍷 GastronomyVallons Cheese Shop
Les Vallons Cheese Farm is a family-run organic farm, started in the 1980s and taken over in 2008 by Mathias Carel. He raises 180 goats (half of them purebred Rove) on 500 hectares using a silvopastoral system, processes all the milk on-site, and sells it through wholesalers, a community-supported agriculture program, and directly at the farm, which is open from March to October.
18 km · about 20 min by car
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🍷 GastronomyChestnut Museum
La Confiserie Azuréenne has turned its historic know-how into a museum that displays the traditional tools and machines used for decades to turn chestnuts and marrons into sweets.
38 km · about 45 min by car
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🍷 GastronomyTo the wine that speaks
"Au Vin Qui Parle" is a recommended spot in Garéoult for wine lovers and visitors looking to discover a selection of quality drinks in a friendly setting.
7.5 km · about 11 min by car
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🍷 GastronomyLa Guinguette
Restaurant just a few steps from the apartment. Very large selection of dishes, warm and friendly atmosphere, outdoor terrace for beautiful summer evenings. A tip: Reserve at 04.94.72.23.67.
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🍷 GastronomyL'Auberge des Tuileries
Enjoy the intimacy of a romantic dinner, by the fireplace in winter or by the water, lulled by the sound of the waterfall in summer.
3.4 km · about 5 min by car
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🍷 GastronomyEsprit Sushi
This modern counter in Rocbaron offers generous makis and carefully prepared salmon, perfect for a quick lunch or takeaway, served by a friendly team. You can also get delivery by ordering on their website.
6.6 km · about 10 min by car
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🍷 GastronomyLa remise
This restaurant offers authentic French cuisine with amazing tarts, a delightful parfait, and a selection of delicious wines, all in a luxurious setting and a relaxing atmosphere.
about 8 min by car
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Hiking 2 places
🥾 HikingHiking in the Var
There are plenty of hiking trails waiting for you in the Var. Scan the QR code.
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🥾 HikingBike ridesBike rides in the Var
There are plenty of bike rides waiting for you in the Var. Scan the QR code.
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Vineyards 4 places
🍇 VineyardsChaberts Castle
Located at the foot of the Loube forest massif, the Château des Chaberts is a former 250-hectare wine estate (including 30 hectares of vineyards) with the vineyard surrounding the manor house and farm buildings. Visits are by appointment only at 06.80.00.95.94
12 km · about 15 min by car
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🍇 VineyardsEscarelle Estate
Ideally located in the heart of Provence, Château l’Escarelle spreads over 110 hectares of organic vineyards within 1,200 hectares of preserved nature, and its unique terroir of limestone soils and vines up to 500 meters in altitude gives its wines a sophisticated, authentic, and elegant signature.
20 km · about 20 min by car
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🍇 VineyardsSentema Distillery
Based in Correns, the first organic village in France, the Sentema distillery is a distillation workshop created in 2022 by Lolita Roche, where plants, flowers, and fruits are turned into tasty spirits, with tasting visits available by appointment at 07.52.84.08.90.
30 km · about 35 min by car
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🍇 VineyardsDomaine de La Rose des Vents
Located on 40 hectares at 360 m altitude in La Roquebrussanne, the estate benefits from a ventilated clay-limestone soil and a favorable microclimate that allow for organic vine growing.
about 20 min by car
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Villages 2 places
🏘️ VillagesLe Castellet
Located in the heart of the Bandol wine region, between the Mediterranean and the Sainte-Baume, the town of Castellet combines medieval history and Provençal traditions, making it a must-visit destination in Provence.
47 km · about 55 min by car
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🏘️ VillagesVillecroze
Villecroze, a 'Village of Character,' has kept its medieval charm with its arcades, narrow streets, and fountains, while a cliff overlooking the village houses a waterfall, a Tuscan garden, and old caves turned into a Renaissance hideout in the 16th century.
49 km · about 60 min by car
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Wellness 3 places
🧘 WellnessAquavabre Water Park
Whether as a couple or with family, there’s definitely an activity for you. A wellness area with sauna and hammam; an aquatic area with indoor and outdoor pools (open from April to October): a waterslide, fun games, and a 50-meter pool. And a fitness area for those who love dry workouts.
13 km · about 20 min by car
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🧘 WellnessAphrodite Spa
Aphrodite Spa, located in the heart of the Giens peninsula in Hyères, offers you a complete relaxation space (sauna, steam bath, hot tub, experience and Norwegian showers, ice fountain) as well as a varied and customizable treatment menu (massages, scrubs, facials, body shaping treatments, body care) for tailor-made relaxation.
52 km · about 55 min by car
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🧘 WellnessSpa Barbaroux
Their treatment menu honors the Phytomer and Equatoria brands, and offers tailor-made massages with protocols adapted to your needs and precise and enveloping gestures for a deep soothing of body and mind.
24 km · about 25 min by car
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Culture 7 places
🏛️ CultureThe Thoronet Abbey
Built in the 12th century, Le Thoronet Abbey is considered the "marvel" of Cistercian abbeys in Provence. This monument, with its remarkable acoustics, has influenced generations of architects, including Le Corbusier, Fernand Pouillon, John Pawson, and Tadao Ando.
23 km · about 30 min by car
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🏛️ CultureBasilica of St. Mary Magdalene
Measuring 73 meters in length, 43 meters in width, and 29 meters in height, the basilica is the largest Gothic building in Provence. The basilica houses the relics of Mary Magdalene, making it the third most important tomb in Christendom. Construction began in 1295 on the orders of the future King of France, Charles II, based on the plans of architect Pierre le Français. Work was permanently halted in 1592; the basilica's portal and main entrance were never built.
32 km · about 30 min by car
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🏛️ CultureValbelle Castle
In the 18th century, Count Omer de Valbelle built and enhanced (1765–1777) a large castle on the site of an old medieval residence, adding a Tuscan-columned facade and a prestigious park, which was then one of the most beautiful in Provence, designed to host lavish parties. Seized during the Revolution, the estate was devastated and its furnishings scattered, but the ruins of the castle and its park, now listed as Historical Monuments, still hold a strong romantic allure despite their abandonment.
26 km · about 25 min by car
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🏛️ CultureCastle
This late 15th-century castle, remodeled during the Renaissance and then again in the 18th century, is a tall quadrangular main building arranged around a courtyard of about 200 m², featuring a double-arched gallery and an Italian-style loggia. Its walls, made of small irregular stones coated with lime, house rooms that were once accessed through the loggias, a fountain decorated with a mascaron, a former hunting room converted into a living room, and a chapel restored in a corner tower.
24 km · about 30 min by car
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🏛️ CultureTroglodyte dwellings
This 400-meter-long, 80-meter-high tufa 'rock,' a symbol of Cotignac, shelters ancient troglodyte dwellings that can be visited and offers panoramic views of the village built at its feet from its balcony.
37 km · about 45 min by car
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🏛️ CultureNaval museum
This site showcases a collection of ships and galleys that are iconic in the Mediterranean maritime tradition. Since the opening of a new route in March 2011, the museum has also highlighted the presence of the navy in Toulon and its impact on the city's development.
41 km · about 40 min by car
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🏛️ CultureRed Faces Museum
The Red Faces Museum is a science and technology museum that traces the geological origins of bauxite and brings the daily life of miners ('red faces') back to life through collections, multimedia displays, and testimonies about the jobs, extraction techniques, and how they evolved in the 20th century.
26 km · about 25 min by car
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Nature 10 places
🌿 NatureBotanical garden
Le Jardin du Réal, in Puget-Ville in the Var, is a public botanical garden that serves as a peaceful haven with around 1,200 plant species, ranging from Mediterranean flora to plants from the southern hemisphere.
14 km · about 20 min by car
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🌿 NatureButterfly garden
This unique garden, created by LPO PACA with the support of the ITANCIA Endowment Fund within the Escarelle estate, in the heart of the Sainte-Baume Regional Natural Park, allows you to observe about a hundred species of butterflies.
20 km · about 20 min by car
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🌿 NatureRayol Estate
The Mediterranean Garden showcases, over 7 hectares of protected natural areas, these landscapes from around the world that share the same climate
68 km · about 85 min by car
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🌿 NatureCarmes Valleys
Located on the water's edge at the top of the village of Barjols, the Vallon des Carmes is a narrow and picturesque valley that takes walkers from waterfall to waterfall, with two beautiful waterfalls.
39 km · about 45 min by car
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🌿 NatureSillans Waterfall
You need to allow 15 minutes of walking to reach this beautiful waterfall. The trail is well-marked and secured with wooden barriers. Still, make sure to wear closed shoes with good grip. During the two summer months, the parking lot is paid, costing €9 for the whole day.
44 km · about 55 min by car
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🌿 NatureLake of Sainte Croix
With an area of 2,200 hectares, Lake Sainte-Croix is a vast body of water in the heart of the Verdon Regional Natural Park. You can rent pedal boats, canoes, kayaks, or electric boats without a license to get around and enjoy the gorges.
75 km · about 90 min by car
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🌿 NatureThe Turtle Village
The new TORTUPÔLE FRANCE center offers 2 hectares of nature to discover the Maures turtles and 50 world species (over 1,600 turtles), while learning to protect them better and contributing to their conservation, a key step in preserving the biodiversity of Var.
12 km · about 15 min by car
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🌿 NatureMount Faron Park
Rising to 584 meters, Mount Faron overlooks Toulon and its harbor. You can get there by cable car or by hiking. It's a family-friendly tourist spot with panoramic views, the Provence Landing Memorial Museum, and an animal park mainly featuring big cats.
52 km · about 60 min by car
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🌿 NatureZoa Park
With 70 years of history and passion, the Sanary animal and botanical park invites you to explore, along its shady paths, a unique environment blending exotic and Mediterranean plants, wildlife from all five continents, and domestic animals.
57 km · about 50 min by car
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🌿 NatureLake Carcès
Walks on a 2.5 km pedestrian and bike path along the shores, picnicking, and especially fishing, the site's main activity (carp, pike, zander). There are also panoramic viewpoints accessible via a scenic road, and for the more athletic, climbing the Rocher de Brauch.
31 km · about 34 min by car
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Markets 3 places
🛒 MarketsMarket Gareoult
Very beautiful Provençal Tuesday morning market. Voted 2nd place in the 'most beautiful market in France' contest in 2023.
9.2 km · about 10 min by car
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🛒 MarketsMarket Saint Maximin
Take advantage of this big Wednesday morning market to organize your picnic to enjoy in Tourves while visiting the Château de Valbelle and its surroundings, especially the Gueules Rouges museum.
32 km · about 30 min by car
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🛒 MarketsCarcès Market
Take advantage of the Saturday morning market to put together your picnic to enjoy by the lake in Carcès.
28 km · about 35 min by car
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Leisure 10 places
🎡 LeisureK-noé
In the heart of the Green Provence, Correns invites you to go down the Argens by canoe or kayak for swimming, relaxing, and discovering a unique nature in the first organic village of France.
30 km · about 35 min by car
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🎡 LeisureCanyoning
Fun canyoning with guaranteed thrills in the Verdon gorges: swimming, rappelling, jumping, and slides, with techniques adapted to each obstacle, for a full or half day, suitable from age 10, for beginners or athletes.
52 km · about 60 min by car
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🎡 LeisureGo-Karting
Leisure kart rentals and organization of private events (friends, works councils, birthdays, bachelor parties, etc.) on an exceptional site entirely dedicated to karting, with expert support for maximum fun.
16 km · about 15 min by car
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🎡 LeisureBowling and billiards
Located in Saint-Maximin, BOWLING LASER BLAST is one of the largest bowling alleys in the area with its 12 lanes, offering packages suited for individuals and kids' birthdays (light balls, bumpers, buffet, drinks, and cakes).
34 km · about 30 min by car
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🎡 LeisureOk Corral
Since 1966, the OK Corral theme park has offered a unique Western experience with rides for all ages and cowboy shows.
41 km · about 45 min by car
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🎡 LeisureThe Kingdom of Trees
The Kingdom of Trees offers exceptional outdoor experiences (adventure courses, canyoning, caving, laser tag, escape games, etc.) in its parks at Castellet, Charleval, and Auriol, all supervised by a young and dynamic team for unforgettable moments.
37 km · about 40 min by car
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🎡 LeisureKiddy parc
For over 25 years, Kiddy Parc has been welcoming children from 0.90 m to 1.50 m with 20 attractions, services (free parking, picnic tables, snack bar), and birthday packages for family days full of laughter and good vibes.
47 km · about 50 min by car
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🎡 LeisureAoubré
Discover the Aoubré Park, a natural area for tree climbing and Mediterranean biodiversity, starting with a walk to the butterfly garden where you can see donkeys and learn about the various uses of aromatic and dye plants.
13 km · about 15 min by car
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🎡 LeisureLe Marilyn Cinema
Located in Besse-sur-Issole in the heart of Provence, this independent neighborhood cinema, supported by the local council, strives to offer you a program and screenings of current films in the best possible conditions.
5.2 km · about 8 min by car
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🎡 LeisureParagliding
Paragliding free flight with the ASPAT Tasie association near your rental.
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